Effect of feeding wet distillers grains on performance, marbling deposition, and fatty acid content of beef from steers fed low- or high-forage diets

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3657-3665

  Schoonmaker, J P ^a,b   Trenkle, A H ^a   Beitz, D C ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Distillers grains; Fatty acid; Marbling; Propionate

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; MALE; MEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DIET; FATTY ACIDS; MALE; MEAT;

BOS;

EID: 78049241173     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2010-2896     Document Type: Article

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